Anti-graffiti Plan Formed

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HOLLYWOOD -- The city plans to enlist minority contractors, high school students and work-release prisoners in a two-month pilot program to paint over graffiti to help control gangs.

Minority contractors, who would be paid and on call, would do most of the work, City Manager Irv Rosenbaum said on Monday. High school volunteers and work-release prisoners would be called in for extra help.

Rosenbaum said he hoped to encourage other cities to join the program.

Hollywood city commissioners decided to take action against graffiti after a gang-related shooting last week at Jefferson Park.